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Ministry of Education
Prime Minister to interact with Awardees of National Teachers’ Awards on the eve of Teachers’ Day
This year’s awardees selected under revised guidelines to ensure transparent, fair and reward demonstrated excellence and performance
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be interacting with the recipients of the National Teachers’ Awards on 4th September , and the Vice President will be conferring the awards on them at a function on 5th September i.e. Teachers’ Day.
This year, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has revised the guidelines for the selection of Teachers for National Awards .The basic premise now is that the new scheme should be transparent, fair, and reward demonstrated excellence and performance and has been inspired by recent innovations in major national awards.
The features of the new guidelines are as under:
- From now onwards, all regular teachers will be eligible to apply and no minimum years of service is required. This has enabled meritorious young teachers to apply .
- For the first time, all teachers could directly apply and nominate themselves for the award .
- Self-nominations from teachers were invited online on www.mhrd.gov.in.The Web Portal was developed by the Administrative Staff College of India and the entire software ran smoothly without any glitches or complaints .
- 6692 applications were received from teachers from all over the country clearly indicating that the initiative was successful.
- The number of awards has been rationalized to 45. This has been necessary to restore the prestige of the awards .
- Out of all the applications received, every district selected the 3 best teachers and forwarded these to the committee under the State / UT Secretary of Education who made a shortlist. A total of 152 nominations were finally received from all States, UTs and Organisations.
- The final selection was done by an independent Jury. The criteria adopted was to select those teachers who had shown innovation in their work and had added value to the school and to their students.
- These nominated teachers gave a presentation before an independent Jury comprising a senior educationist, during 3rd week of August, 2018. This ensured that all of them were given an opportunity to place before the jury their contribution and the work done by them.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
High level Vietnamese delegation in Delhi for trade talkswith TPCI
A high level Vietnamese delegation from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnamis meeting a Trade Promotion Council of India  delegation, in Delhi today, to discuss avenues to enhance bilateral trade between the two countries. The delegation is led by Mr. Tran Thanh Nam, Deputy Minister of the Ministry. He is accompanied by senior government officials and Vietnamese businessmen from the agriculture sector. The Vietnamese ambassador to India Mr. Pham Sanh Chau will also be present in the meeting. The TPCI delegation is led by its Chairman, Mohit Singla.
Vietnamese and TPCI delegations will discuss business opportunities and future cooperation between India and Vietnam as well as ways and means to promote Indusfood in Vietnam.
Vietnam is seeing high economic growth and expansion of trade and investment, which has resulted in Vietnam moving out of the category of Least Developed Country  and become part of new lower middle income country . It has also seen sharp truncation in poverty levels, which has resulted in bolstering the growth of GDP, currently estimated at USD 200.8 billion.
India-Vietnam bilateral trade stood at USD 7.8 billion in 2015-16 with India maintaining a positive trade balance. During 2016, 16 MoUs were signed between the two countries during the visits of Indian Prime Minister to Vietnam and Vietnamese President to India. These agreements focused on information technology, cyber security, health, software development and training, aviation, shipping, civil nuclear cooperation. All these sectors are crucial in strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries and expanding the Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership
Though India is an agrarian exporter, broadly it’s trade basket is complimentary and there is immense scope for increasing bilateral trade. Also, trade in services is another way for enhancing India’s trade, as under India-ASEAN services trade agreement, mobility of skilled and semi-skilled labourers has been liberalized andit can be used as a policy instrument.
Vietnam requires technological assistance for its socio-economic and trade logistics development for which India is an appropriate partner. Both countries have identified biotechnology in agriculture and healthcare, technology for new materials, IT and electronics, super-computing, nuclear energy for peaceful uses, science and technology, remote sensing and non-traditional energy for expanding trade and investment and achieving the target of USD 15 billion worth of bilateral trade by 2020.
During the meeting, the two sides are also expected to discuss ways to strengthen their relationship further, including tie-ups in food and beverage sector. Vietnam is an importer of rapeseed and there is scope to promote Indian fruits like oranges.
Trade Promotion Council of India  is an apex trade body under the Ministry of Commerce which focuses on promoting and facilitating trade, with focus on agri and food, education, IT and entertainment as also chemicals, plastic and telecom sectors.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
‘The Night Belongs to Lovers’ is an intimate story of love and desire: Julien Hilmoine at IFFI52 Press Conference
Panaji, 26 November 2021
The Night belongs to Lovers is an intimate story of love and desire, said Julien Hilmoine, Director of the film at a Press Conference held on the sidelines of 52nd IFFI today.
Julien said that the film shows an intense love story. “To keep that intensity intact, we have shot it in a single set with two characters only”, he said.
Responding to a query on the inclusion of too many explicit scenes, the Director said that the team had decided to include those scenes in order to maintain the gravity of love and intimacy. “We have tried to show intimacy between the characters in a natural way and the nude scenes were incorporated as per the demand of the story”, he added.
Supplementing to a suggestion, he said that a Director should have freedom of expression to tell the story in an effective way. “It was a collective decision of the team to make the film, the way it is and it has been received very well by the audience across the globe ”, he added.
The film was screened yesterday at IFFI as a part of World Panorama.
The Night Belongs to Lovers- French movie

About the Director: Julien Hilmoine is a French director born in 1979. After a Bachelor’s in cinema, he graduated from the directing department of La Fémis in 2006. After directing three short films between 2005 and 2008, he directed his first feature film La Nuit Aux Amants in 2019.
About the Film: It’s a meeting between waves and cliffs. In a week, he's getting married. For years, she no longer believes in pleasure. They meet. They play. They talk. They desire each other as a gift – unconditionally for one night.
It was also selected for Athens International Film Festival 2021
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Producer: Nicolas Breviere
DoP: Yoann De Montgrand
Editor: Cedric Le Floc'h
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Center directs States to ensure no movement of People across cities
All arrangements be made for migrant labourers at their place of work including timely payment of wages
Action against those asking students/labourers to vacate
Cabinet secretary and MHA are in constant touch with State Chief Secretaries and DGPs. Video Conferences were held by Cabinet Secretary & Home Secretary yesterday evening and today morning with Chief Secretaries & DGPs.
It was noted that, by and large, there has been effective Implementation of guidelines across all states and UTs. Essential supplies have also been maintained. Situation is being monitored round the clock and necessary measures are being taken as required.
However, there has been movement of migrant workers in some parts of the country. Directions were issued that district and state borders should be effectively sealed. States were directed to ensure there is no movement of people across cities or on highways. Only movement of goods should be allowed. DMs and SPs should be made personally responsible for implementation of these directions which have been issued under the DM Act.
It has been advised that adequate arrangements for food and shelter of poor and needy people including migrant laborers be made at the place of their work. Centre had yesterday issued orders for use of SDRF funds for this purpose. Sufficient funds are available with States in this head.
States have been also told to ensure timely payment of wages to labourers at their place of work during the period of lockdown without any cut. House Rent should not be demanded from the labourers for this period. Action should be taken against those who are asking labourers or students to vacate the premises.
Those who have violated the lockdown and traveled during the period of lockdown will be subject to minimum 14 days of quarantine in government quarantine facilities. Detailed instructions on monitoring of such persons during quarantine have been issued to States.
It was impressed upon all the States that three weeks of strict enforcement is essential to contain spread of corona virus. This is in the interest of everyone.
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on Monday reviewed the progress of preparations towards the launch of the ambitious Health Assurance programme under Ayushman Bharat.
The Prime Minister was apprised of the preparation done so far, including consultations with States, for the smooth and expeditious rollout of the Health Assurance programme.
The scheme will provide a cover of upto Rs. 5 lakh per family. It will be targeted to cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families.
The Prime Minister stressed on providing maximum benefit to the poor and marginalized sections of society, under this scheme.
Top officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NITI Aayog and PMO, briefed the Prime Minister on various aspects of the scheme.
Last month, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, the Prime Minister had inaugurated the first 'Health and Wellness Centre' under Ayushman Bharat, in the aspirational district of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh.
President's Secretariat
President of Sri Lanka calls on the President
The President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
 Vision. India’s multi-pronged support to Sri Lanka in the last one year to tide over its economic challenges is a testament to India’s long-standing commitment to bilateral relations with Sri Lanka. She emphasized that India has always stood with Sri Lanka during its hour of need and would continue to do so in future as well.
The President said that our partnership is enduring and beneficial to the common people of our two countries and the larger Indian Ocean Region.
The two leaders noted that India and Sri Lanka are working on many key projects in several sectors, and that India-Sri Lanka development partnership has touched the lives of Sri Lankans in a positive way.
The President said that India looks forward to continuing and strengthening its developmental partnership with Sri Lanka under the leadership of President Wickremesinghe.
Ministry of Steel
International Confrence on Resourse Efficiency and Circular Economy in Mineral & Metal Sector will be held from 25th August in New Delhi
Union Minister of Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia to inaugurate on 26th August’22
The Indian Institute of Metals, Delhi Chapter will be organizing the 13th edition of International Conference & Exhibition  during August 25-27, 2022 at Pragati Maidan , New Delhi. Inspired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Vision, the theme of this year’s conference is “Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in Mineral & Metal Sectors”. The conference aims to identify long term measures to promote circular economy to minimize dependency on extraction of natural virgin ore and prepare recommendation and approaches for the metal industry to evolve environmentally friendly, cost-effective, energy efficient strategies, policies and practices.
The Conference will be inaugurated by the Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on 26th August’22.
Metal sector is considered as “hard to abate” sector due to large GHG emission and lack of availability of technological options to combat the same. This can be addressed by adopting the principle of circular economy as energy requirement in recycling is reduced by 70-90%. Adoption of circular measures based on relevant technologies can contribute to creating a sustainable metal sector adopting the 6Rs principles of reduce, recycle, reuse, recover, redesign, and remanufacture for robust circular economy.
Steel is regarded as backbone of the economy and non- ferrous metals, such as aluminium, copper, zinc and lead are widely used in power transmission, electrical appliances, aviation and other industrial applications. India is having sizeable reserves of iron, aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, chromium, manganese etc. Both ferrous and non-ferrous metal industries play an important role in the country’s economic growth.
Many leading experts/ scientists/ technologists representing the metal and mineral industries in the country and abroad will be participating in the Conference. The Conference will provide a platform to discuss latest trends and innovations taking place in areas such as resource efficiency, utilization of lean grade ores, utilization of slag and co-products, energy, and environment, decarbonization and green metal production.
Along with the international Conference, an Exhibition is also being held in association with Hyve India Pvt. Ltd., with participation of numbers of national and international organizations. Six other exhibitions on Cutting and Welding equipment, Machine Tools, Machinery, Engineering and Manufacturing, Hand Tools and Fastner is also organized as part of the exhibition.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
8 more routes start operations under UDAN
Giving further fillip to Regional Connectivity in the country, 8 more routes  became functional Under Regional Connectivity Scheme/UdeDeshKaAamNagrik- UDAN scheme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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With this, the totalUDAN routes Operational as on date increased to 194 routes
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Ministry of Defence
CURTAIN RAISER: AL NAGAH 2019
Exercise Al Nagah III, third in the series of bilateral joint exercise between India and Oman is scheduled to be held from 12 to 25 March 2019 at Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains in Oman. The exercise will see both the armies exchanging expertise and experience in tactics, weapon handling and firing, with an aim to enhance interoperability in counterterrorist operations in semi urban mountainous terrain.
India-Oman bilateral security ties have continued to develop since the beginning of India-Oman Joint Military Cooperation meetings in 2006. Exercise Al Nagah III follows the first two joint exercises that were held in Oman in January 2015 and India in March 2017 respectively. Similar exercises are also in vogue between the navies and air forces of both the nations thus underscoring the growing bilateral military and strategic partnership between the two important nations of Indian Ocean Region .
The Indian Army contingent is going to be represented by 04 Officers, 09 Junior Commissioned Officers and 47 other ranks of 10th Battalion of the Garhwal Rifles. Similar strength is also to be fielded by Jabel Regiment of Royal Army of Oman . Observer delegation comprising senior officers of both the armies will witness the validation exercise to be held on 25 March 2019. The exercise will go a long way in enchaining understanding of capabilities and strengthening camaraderie between both the Armies.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh honours winners of 5th International Army Scout Masters Competition 2019 at Jaisalmer
Indian Army wins the competition comprehensively participating for the first time
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today honoured the winners of 5th International Army Scout Masters Competition 2019 held at Jaisalmer Military Station from August 6 – August 14, 2019 in Rajasthan.
The Indian Army team, participating for the first time, comprehensively won competition. A total of eight teams from Armenia, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, India, Russia, Sudan and Uzbekistan participated in the event.
Giving away medals and trophies to the winners, Raksha Mantri congratulated them for their outstanding performances and wished a bright future for all the eight participating teams.
Shri Rajnath Singh said in the last 10 days, all the contestants showed exceptional skills, went through stiff competition, mental and physical challenges, demonstrated remarkable determination and grit, as well as great teamwork. He hoped that the friendship developed during the competition will help in building better relations between the participating countries.
Raksha Mantri said India shared friendly and cordial relations with the countries participating in this competition. We have had deep and strategic relations with Russia for a long time. Every year we organize a bilateral Exercise INDRA with Russia, he added.
Shri Rajnath Singh said China annually participates in bilateral Exercise “Hand in Hand”, which helps us in developing a better understanding of each other. He said India has had historical relationships with all countries of Central Asia, such as Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which include commercial and cultural ties.
With regard to Sudan, Shri Rajnath Singh said India has made invaluable contribution under the United Nations Peacekeeping Force for more than a decade.
Raksha Mantri said India looks forward to improving the relations with all the countries around the world.
Ambassador of Uzbekistan Mr Farhod Arziev, Chief of Amy Staff General Bipin Rawat, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, Lt Gen SK Saini and heads of delegation, participants and guests from friendly countries were present on the occasion.
The Indian Army team trained hard for the last 10 months in extreme weather and desert conditions of Thar Desert. The team was selected and trained under the aegis of Southern Command.
World class infrastructure was created at Jaisalmer Military Station to conduct this prestigious event. These included a challenging obstacle course for the Infantry Combat Vehicles spread over a distance of 6.7 kilometers with 15 obstacles and another tough obstacle course for the Scout Masters teams with 22 obstacles laid over a distance of 1.3 Kilometers. The smooth and efficient conduct of the event drew appreciation from all the participating teams and international panel of Judges including the co-host, Russia.
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Special Service and Features
IIT Madras BS Degree Program and NPTEL launch Data Science Contest on IPL Cricket Matches
Indian Institute of Technology Madras  BS  Degreeand National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning  are launching a contest to develop Artificial Intelligence  and Machine Learning  models based on the Indian Premier League , which is commencing today .
Titled ‘Cricket and Coding,’ this Data Science contest invites data scientists and enthusiasts to analyze data for IPL cricket matches to develop efficient models using AI and ML techniques.
The last date to register for his contest is 13th April 2023. Those interested can register and participate using the following link - https://study.iitm.ac.in/ipl-contest
Anyone with elementary coding knowledge and an interest in data science can register and compete. Apart from the coding challenge, there is also an opportunity for non-coders. A non-competitive “Guess the score” event is open to all the non-programmers who want to participate without writing any code.
Highlighting the key objectives behind this contest, Prof. Andrew Thangaraj, who is one of the Professors-In-Charge for both BS in Data Science and Applications and NPTEL, IIT Madras, said,“We are excited to launch this contest, which brings together the worlds of sports and data science. With the growing popularity of IPL and data science, we believe this contest will provide data science learners with an opportunity to apply their analytics skills to an existing domain.”
The participants will be provided with a dataset consisting of various aspects of past IPL matches, such as player performance, team performance, and match results, among others. The objective of the contest is to use this data to generate predictions on Power Play scores made by teams for the upcoming IPL matches.
The contest will run throughout the IPL 2023 season. Participants will earn points based on the difference between the predicted and actual scores. At the end of the tournament, the top-performing participants will be awarded exciting prizes and recognition during the annual techno-cultural event of the BS program - Paradox ’23.
For those excited about programming and data science and who wish to study from IIT Madras, both BS Degree Program and NPTEL offer a unique opportunity to make your dream come true, enabling learners to study from wherever they are. More details are available at https://study.iitm.ac.in/dsand https://nptel.ac.in.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari says 14.93 Km project of 4-Lane from Dimapur to Kohima Road  in Nagaland will be completed this year
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a series of tweets said the 14.93 Km project of 4-Lane from Dimapur to Kohima Road  in the state of Nagaland will be completed this year. He said the investment in this project is of Rs. 387 Crore.
Shri Gadkari said the project will not only provide better connectivity between Nagaland and Manipur but also reduce the travel time to a great extent. He said under the leadership of Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi we work with a vision to provide the best road infrastructure in the country.
Special Service and Features
BSNL issues notification for migration of five closed post paid plan of customers
Notification for Migration of Post paid BSNL customers in the closed Postpaid plans viz., plan 149 / 225 / 325 /725 /799 to below mentioned Postpaid plans wef 1st Feb, 2022.
A. Customers of the closed post paid plan 149 to be migrated to 199 w.e.f. 01.02.2022.
B. Customers of the closed post paid plan 225 & 325 to be migrated to 399 w.e.f. 01.02.2022.
C. Customers of the closed post paid plan 725 & 799 to be migrated to 798 w.e.f. 01.02.2022.
This is stated in a press release issued by BSNL- Chennai Telephones.